Is Shopify a good company to work for as a Developer?

Developer professionals working at Shopify have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 229 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Shopify employees being 3.3 out of 5 stars. Search open Developer Jobs at Shopify now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Developer interview questions at Shopify .

Does Shopify pay Developer employees well?

Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Shopify with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 229 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Developer salaries at Shopify.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Shopify?

Support Advisor (225) , Software Developer (114) , Software Engineer (111) , Customer Support Advisor (94) , Account Executive (83) , Customer Success Guru (80) , Junior Support Advisor (75) , Senior Software Engineer (72) , Data Scientist (57) , Customer Service Representative (52) , Merchant Success Manager (52) , Team Lead (48) , Customer Success Guru - Remote (42) , Recruiter (40) , Customer Support (39)

What are the pros of working at Shopify according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and actually care for you and encourage you to use all your vacation and personal days." ((in 474 reviews)); "The people on your team with the same title as you are great to work with." ((in 403 reviews)); "It has a great culture of innovation and you're going to be working with lots of intelligent individuals." ((in 370 reviews)); "good benefits, work from home" ((in 160 reviews)); "Good pay and conditions" ((in 143 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Shopify according to real employee reviews?

"Massive layoffs without any warning AFTER saying there will be no more layoffs privately and publicly" ((in 177 reviews)); "Senior leadership will not take responsibility for any decline in growth or making the wrong strategic decision" ((in 164 reviews)); "poor management and quite top down" ((in 134 reviews)); "I got a bad review on this section and my manager said "everyone got a bad review on that."" ((in 66 reviews)); "Upper management has completely lost touch with what it means to care about their employees." ((in 35 reviews))

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3.5

50% would recommend to a friend

(229 total reviews)

Tobias Lütke

46% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

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Developer employees have rated Shopify with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 229 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Shopify is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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229 reviews

5.0

Jan 28, 2026

fun and competitive environment, not for everyone

Software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

lots of great stuff to work on

Cons

quality varies by team placement

4.0

Dec 18, 2025

It was decent

Software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

The co-workers were nice. Nice office in every major city.

Cons

The pay is really low, and there is a very bad culture of piping people.

5.0

Dec 1, 2025

Great place for anyone, at any stage of their career

Software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

- bleeding edge technologies - culture of innovation experimentation - great pay for canada

Cons

- Treating product as an art rather than a science

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